Architecture photography has become repetitive as architects are less interested in photographers producing artistic interpretations of their projects, Hélène Binet tells Dezeen in this exclusive interview.
For 40 years, Binet has photographed both contemporary and historical architecture, collaborating with influential architects such as Zaha Hadid, Daniel Libeskind and Peter Zumthor.
Arguably the world's pre-eminent female architecture photographer, her work has been published in several books, exhibited around the world and awarded global prizes.
She is known for shooting exclusively on film and mostly in black-and-white, even as digital photography has become dominant over the course of her career.
Above: Binet has been shooting architecture since the 1980s. Top: she has photographed many famous architects' projects, including the Steilneset Memorial in Norway by artist Louise Bourgeois and architect Peter Zumthor Though she finds much contemporary architecture photography "technically amazing", Binet feels the images often lack something important.
"They're so perfect that you don't enter them ? you're outside," she told Dezeen from her studio in Kentish Town, north London, where she still hand-prints her photographs.
"Architects used to be really interested in having artists working on their projects and wanted a strong interpretation [of their work]," she continued.
"Now most of the images look the same. I cannot say, 'this is the...